Inkstand



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WVILLIAM H. DANIEL, OF ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOIS.

INKSTAN D.

SPEGIFICATION forming pa.rt of Letters Patent N0, 412,240, dated October 8, 1889.

Application filed. April 7, 1888. Serial N0. 270,133. (N0 model.)

T0 all whom z't may c0ncern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. DANIEL, residing at Englewood, in the county of Cool: and State of I11inois, and a citizen of the United Stabes, have invented a new and useful Improvement; in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification, reference being ha.d to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a rear elevabion showing two inkssands, the eover of one being open and the other olosed. Fig. 2 is an end eleva-tion. Fig 3 is a p1an showing one of theinkstands, with a pen in its support. Fig. 4 is a detail, being an under-side view cf one end only of the frame which supports the inkstand, showing the operating-lever.

1\Iy improvement relates to that dass of inkscands which are provided with a support f01' a penholder, and With whieh a hinged cover is used, With deviees by means of whieh the cover will elose when the peu-holder is p1aced in it-s Support and will open When the penholder is removed from its support.

The objects of myinvention are 1;0 provide improved devices f01 operating the cover; t0 provide an improved pen-supporb; to provide a cover supported independently of the ink stan 0x wel1 proper, so that the latcer 02m be readily removed from its stahd, and to provide devices by the use of which the cover, if desired, will rernain closed when the penholder is removed from its support; all of whieh 1 accomplish es illustrated in ehe d1awings and as hereinafter described.

These things whieh I c1aim es new will he set forth in the c1aims My improvement is ehiefiy designed for use where two ink-wells supported by a sing1e stand are usedone for black and the other for red inkbut cen be used With Single ink stands 01 we11s.

In the dmwings, A represents a stand; B B, two inkstands or wells supported on the stand A.

C C are covers, one for each We11. These covers, es shown, zue not conneoted wioh the inkstands B B, but they are supported each ab the upper end of a post D, secured 130 the stand A, behind the inkwell. Each cover is provided With a 1earwardlyextending arm a, which is pivoted 130 Ehe upper end of 011e 0f ehe posts D. 4

b is another armpivoted t0 ehe rea1 end of ohe arm a, which arm b carries a weight c.

d d are two pieces 0f metal secured one 110 eaeh end 0f the fraane A, and extending a 1ittale be1ow the same e e are two other pieces of meca1, which may be formed es shown in Figs. l and 2. The lower ends 0f these parts e e are each provided with a 1ever ff, which may be integra1 with the parts e e, and each lever is 12ivg ted to the 10wer end 0f one 0f the pieees c d.

g g are two rode. The upper end of each is hinged t0 one 0f the arms a, and the lower end 0f each 10d is, as shown, provided with an eye, into whieh the free end 0f one 013 the levers f f enters, though the levers and rods might be eonnected in some other manner. The parts d d e e f01111 supports for peu-holdem. These parts d e d e are a litt1e farther apart atthe rear than a1: ehe front, as shown in Fig. 3.

E is a. peu-holder.

The operation is es follows: \Vhen the penholde1 is in place in it-s Support, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the art e Will be forced away from the stationary part (Z 0f the pen-support, and the free end 0f the 1ever f Will be elevated and will force ehe rod g up thereby closing the cover O, es shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'When t-he peu-holder is removed from its support, bhe action 0f the weight c will open the cover, as shown at the right-hand end 0f Fig. l, the 1ever f being depressed and the movable part 'of the pensupport being broughc into the posioion shown ab the right-hand end of Fig. 1.

By forming the two parts of. the peu-support as deseribedthat is, placing them a 1itt1e farthe1 apart at their 1ea1 than a1: the front--the peu-holder when in position will stand at an angle, es shown in Fig. 2, Which is a convenient osition for handling.

The weight c, being hinged to the arm a,

can, if desired, be turned over upon such arm,

and then the cover will remain closed, even though the peu be removed from its support. This feature is desireble when the party using the inkstand desires to put the peu away when leaving his work.

Each cover may be supported by two posts. If desired, three posts mightbe used-one et the cente1 and one nea1 eaeh end of the stand.

Whao I c1aim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. A stand for an ink-well, carrying a pensupport eonsisting of EWG parts hinged to- 5 gether and connected to the stand a1; 0ne side thereof, in eombination With a lever f, an inkwe11, and a hinged cover, substantially as and for ehe purposes speeified.

2. A stand f0r an ink-well, carrying a pen- 10 support consisting 0f owo partssuch as cl e which.are farther apart ab the rear than ab the fronn and are hinged together and. 0011- nected to ohe stand, in oombination Wih a lever f, an ink-well, and a hinged cover, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM H. DANIEL. Vitnesses:

ALBERT 1-1. ADAMS, ELLA NEMETT. 

